Lightweight Ryan Schultz (North Platte, Neb.) and heavyweight Roy Nelson (Las Vegas) defended their respective International Fight League titles and middleweight Ryan McGivern (Bettendorf, Iowa) won his first belt before 3,931 at the IFL event tonight at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
Preliminary Bout 145 lbs.: Ian Loveland (Portland, Ore.) def. Dennis Davis (Las Vegas) via submission (guillotine), 2nd, 0:58
Team Tompkins vs. World Class Fight Center (Mario Sperry) 145 lbs.: Rafael Dias (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), WCFC, def. Santino Defranco (Tempe, Ariz.) via submission (rear naked choke), 1st, 2:03 185 lbs.: Josh Haynes (Las Vegas), Team Tompkins, def. Leopoldo Serao (San Francisco) via decision (unanimous) after three rounds 205 lbs.: Alexandre Ferreira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), WCFC, def. Lew Polley (Coconut Creek, Fla.) via submission (standing guillotine choke), 1st, 0:20
Team Quest (Matt Lindland) vs. Lion’s Den (Ken Shamrock) 170 lbs.: Jake Ellenberger (Omaha, Neb.), Team Quest, def. Pat Healy (St. Louis) via decision (unanimous), after three rounds *155 lbs.: **Ryan Schultz (North Platte, Neb.), Team Quest, def. John Gunderson (Medford, Ore.) via decision (unanimous), after five rounds *265 lbs.: **Roy Nelson (Las Vegas), Lion’s Den def. Fabiano Scherner (Portland, Ore.) via TKO (strikes) 1st, 3:20,
Championship Bout *185 lbs.: Ryan McGivern (Bettendorf, Iowa) def. **Matt Horwich (Portland, Ore.) via decision (unanimous), after five rounds
